This book was everything that I expected it to be and more than I remember from the Disney version of the story. Alice falls asleep, having these dreams about the Rabbit and the Cheshire Cat... and in the end wakes back up, her head in her sister's lap. She tells of her dreams and then goes indoors for tea while her sister remains on the riverbank, pondering her sister's dreams.
My favorite character in the book was of course the ever so intelligent and all knowing, Cheshire Cat. He is the most unique to me of all the Wonderland characters and he always maintains his cool, grinning exterior.
Death remains an underlying and constant menace in the story. Alice continually finds herself in situations in which she risks death, and while these threats never materialize, they suggest that death lurks just behind the ridiculous events in Wonderland.
Throughout the course of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice goes through a variety of absurd physical changes. The discomfort she feels at never being the right size acts as a symbol for the changes that occur during puberty. Alice finds these changes to be traumatic, and feels discomfort, frustration, and sadness when she goes through them. She struggles to maintain a comfortable physical size.
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